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NixOS Review: The Most Powerful Linux Distro in 2026? (www.youtube.com)
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[โ€“] Kronusdark@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I disagree about it being a huge effort. it's pretty easy to get started with a simple config and expand over time... and expansion is actually SUPER safe compared to some other distros because you always have a last good config to reload.

I started with a pretty simple Plasma desktop setup and slowly morphed my config over time to a Niri. There were some mistakes along the way, but I was never scared to try new stuff, the safety net is huge.

[โ€“] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago

Funny that you mention Niri, because I've been getting my ducks in a row to switch from Gnome + PaperWM to Niri, and I was wishing it could be as safe as Nix or some of the other atomic options.